Iolar wrote:I think the Australians have declared that it's "Black". White is the new Black. I'm not sure if Alan Joyce is Black, but he isn't Australian as he has the wrong accent and he's gay.

You tried hard to imply that he's not Irish!

What are you, anyway, Joyce's publicist?

As someone (maybe you) said a few pages ago, he-s a CEO in Australia but would at best be middle management anywhere else. This is the sad truth about Australia: we have a cultural cringe and regularly hire foreigners such as Joyce or Trujillo when there are better equipped locals.

But this doesn't fit with your racism narrative, so you won't accept it.

That quote upthread by Felix about choices in Ireland wasn't from me. To answer your question, unless I've grown a pair of tits and a vj between my thighs, it's highly unlikely I'd exercise my rights to become pregnant. But if i DID manage to be the first man to conceive, I'm glad I live here and not Catholicland. I'd just wander down to the day procedure centre and have it terminated.

No, I didn't. I said that he was caricatured as a leprechaun despite being Australian. I didn't imply he was not Irish; that was your lazy inference. Are the accurate comprehension of words and understanding of subtlety and nuance not important parts of a lawyer's work in Australia?

Iolar wrote:No, I didn't. I said that he was caricatured as a leprechaun despite being Australian. I didn't imply he was not Irish; that was your lazy inference. Are the accurate comprehension of words and understanding of subtlety and nuance not important parts of a lawyer's work in Australia?

Now you're being disingenuous. You could hardly have said "he was caricatured as a leprechaun despite holding dual Irish and Australian nationality". I'm paying you the compliement of assuming you knew what you were doing with your word choice.

I disagree. Joyce being a leprechaun, his feet are probably quite hairy; leprechauns are akin to hobbits in hirsuteness but more verbose due to the gift of the gab. Aussie men seem to like being hairless. It's a lot of work for a wee leprechaun to wax his feet in order to fit in. It'd be easier to whine through his nose and be a true Ocker, I reckon.

Edited to make clearer for Australians.

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From an Aussie? Ha. There's a picture of a bogan next to "translucent" in the dictionary here. I'm not surprised at your failure to understand why it's a slur. You did attribute the GFC to Catholicism on the other forum, forgetting about Lutheran Iceland.

Iolar wrote:You did attribute the GFC to Catholicism on the other forum, forgetting about Lutheran Iceland.

I don't remember that. Please remind me. Are you sure it was me? I usually attribute the GFC to shoddy lending practices such as non-recourse home loans, and to blind faith in 25 year olds working for credit rating agencies.

Iolar wrote:Speaking French rules out using public transport in Melbourne, I fear.

More accurately, singing drunken songs on overcrowded train-replacement buses in Melbourne, and not shutting up when asked, may lead to abuse.

matt_melb wrote:More accurately, singing drunken songs on overcrowded train-replacement buses in Melbourne, and not shutting up when asked, may lead to abuse.

Truly a voice of reason, yes you don't need to be foreign to be abused by drunks on public transport, just annoying, if they Hadda been fat they woulda been called fatIf they Hadda been ugly they woulda been called uglyIf they Hadda been good looking girls the abuser woulda called them slutsIf they Hadda been pretty boys the abuser woulda called them poofsIf they were black the abuser would've called them black cuntsIf they were in a wheelchair the abuser woulda called them cripple cuntsIf they Hadda been long haired Hippy's the abuser woulda called them ferals and told em to get a haircut, or showerBut they were French so the abuser told em to fuck off back to franceNon of the above statements are any more or less hurtful than any other to the intended target

But as mat said, they coulda just have shut the fuck up when asked with their drunken singing on a crowded bus in the first place and there wouldn't have been the dramas..... Fucken Arogant French

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...Ms Sinnot and Ms Bloodworth are white and Ms Rucker and Ms Wallace are black and their school has held separate proms for white and non-white students for as long as it has existed....Beyond the school walls, townsfolk claim separate proms for whites and non-whites is a "tradition we don't need to change".

My favorite detail about these Australia threads is that they tend to be started by Brits and run by mostly Brits, Canadians, and Iolar, with Felix (who you must take Very Seriously) and EMG in cameo roles - yet who do you guys dig around for dirt on? Oh, right, Daddy. That's who.

This is the only musical: the mouth. And hopefully the brain attached to the mouth. Right? The brain, more important than the mouth, is the brain. The brain is much more important.

Whilst The Brits and Yanks just can't understand why we just don't 'get' the benefits of having an open immigration policy like they have, when the social, societal and economic advantages they have achieved through this open door policy are so glaringly obvious.

So does it make sense that any and all who identify as Aboriginal should be entitled to the same benefits because they have some Aboriginal heritage? Should those who self-identify as Aboriginal be exempt from being questioned when they are the recipients of funds aimed at closing the gap? When we see soaring rates of Aboriginal university graduates, is this an indicator of success if the graduates are not disadvantaged and are largely indistinguishable from most other non-Aboriginal Australians?…

The Brits and irish are jelous of our higher living standards and quality of life

I'm not. The standard of living and quality of life is very high in Ireland. Australia has better weather- whoop-de-doo, but lacks cultural pursuits. I prefer to live somewhere that isn't anti-intellectual and where culture transcends attending a footy match. If I want nice weather I fly to Spain or north Africa. You just need to look at the type of Irish person who is attracted to the Australian lifestyle, they're undereducated pasty bogans.

section8 wrote:My favorite detail about these Australia threads is that they tend to be started by Brits and run by mostly Brits, Canadians, and Iolar, with Felix (who you must take Very Seriously) and EMG in cameo roles - yet who do you guys dig around for dirt on? Oh, right, Daddy. That's who.

That is pretty hilarious.

So, how long before this wraps up and ends up in the 'Famous Dishes' forum? Will this be the first thread there featuring the newbies?

Korky wrote:i remember being on Samothraki island is 2003 and apologizing for being an American under Bush II.

Iolar wrote:Well, there you go. You have the choice to be barefoot and not pregnant. Do Australian men have the choice to be pregnant?

I suppose so. Back in the 19-seventies already, a male Australian was the first - worldwide - to grow a foetus somewhere in his belly in order to give proper birth (by Ceasarian, I take it) once the baby would be old enough to be born.